Listening: A wise old owl sat in an oak. The longer he sat, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can't we be like that wise old bird?

What can the England of 1940 have in common with the England of 1840? But then, what have you in common with the child of five whose photograph your mother keeps on the mantelpiece? Nothing, except that you happen to be the same person.

George Orwell

Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much life so. Aim above morality. Be not simply good be good for something.

Henry David Thoreau

In this respect, the history of science, like the history of all civilization, has gone through cycles.

Abdus Salam

Law is always better than war.

Brian Eno

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.

Robert Caro

Some people's developmental path has not equipped them to stand up and let go of something.

Henry Cloud

Science consistently produces a new crop of miraculous truths and dazzling devices every year.

Kary Mullis

Start before you're ready.

Steven Pressfield

In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.

Neal Schon

Science fiction, outside of poetry, is the only literary field which has no limits, no parameters whatsoever.

Theodore Sturgeon

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

Angelina Grimke

Respect is what we owe love, what we give.

Philip James Bailey